The sixth season of hit HBO series Game of Thrones will premiere in April 2016, and this week we’ve been treated to an enigmatic new teaser.

The latest trailer for the upcoming instalments shows a number of the show’s long list of deceased characters appearing as masks adorning the walls of The House of Black and White - the temple at Braavos dedicated to the Many Faced God visited by Arya in the last series.

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We hear the voices of Robb, Ned and Joffrey bestow mournful epithets of regret and anger, ending with a threatening prediction from the probably-not-deadJon Snow: “The long night is coming and the dead come with it!” The scene then turns to cryptically reveal the faces of as-yet-still-living characters including Tyrion, Daenerys, Sansa and Arya.

As the TV series now overtakes the books, there is one big question on everyone’s lips: who will survive?